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Tag: John Steinbeck

March 21, 2022 Did You Know ? / Monday Musings

John Steinbeck / Marilyn Monroe Fan Letter

A letter from John Steinbeck to Marilyn Monroe on April 28, 1955, requesting an autograph for his nephew. What a

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January 12, 2017 From The Editor's Desk

New Year … New & Noteworthy 2017

Timeline: January 12th, 2017 Yes, I know it’s past when the ball dropped in New York’s Times Square for the

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June 6, 2016 From The Editor's Desk / Literary Arts Series / Monday Musings / Quote / Writing

Mark Twain on Writing: “Kill your adjectives”

Mark Twain, who read widely, was passionately interested in the problems of style; the mark of the strictest literary sensibility

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June 3, 2016 Friday Fun / Literary Arts Series

James Thurber Cartoon: “I’m So Glad You’re a Writer…”

While doing research for the Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamps – Humorists Ogden Nash and James Thurber post,  I wanted

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June 2, 2016 Language / Literary Arts Series / Literature / Words / Writing

Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamps – Humorists Ogden Nash and James Thurber

What is the connection between Ogden Nash and James Thurber? Besides both being humorists, they published at The New Yorker during the

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May 30, 2016 Language / Literary Arts Series / Literature / Words / Writing

Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamps – John Steinbeck and Dorothy Parker

Inspiration comes from many places. Today’s blog post inspiration came from the Richard Wright quote of last week, when I

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